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The whole point of tariffs are to balance domestic and foreign trade. Raising tariffs for a particular country's import, incentivizes domestic production.

No, they're a tool that can be used in any ways depending on the user's intent and skill. They have been used to punish many times in the past and the threat is often used to gain leverage in negations. In this case Trump threatened punishment level tariffs in order to negotiate better boarder security.